7th Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade
The 7th Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .
history
The brigade was set up on November 27, 1815 as the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Würzburg General Command . From June 1, 1822, it was the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 4th Army Division and was converted to the 7th Infantry Brigade on November 20, 1848. The headquarters were in Aschaffenburg until 1855 , then in Bayreuth until 1869 , and with a short interruption (Bamberg 1900/03) until it was dissolved in Würzburg in 1919 .
The large association was used at the beginning of the First World War as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front.
structure
In 1914 the brigade was part of the 4th Division . You were subject to the following units:
- 5th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse" in Bamberg
- 9th Infantry Regiment "Wrede" in Würzburg
- 2nd Jäger Battalion in Aschaffenburg
- District command Aschaffenburg
- District Command Kitzingen
- District Command Würzburg
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Major general | Kaspar von Hagens | August 1, 1861 to June 8, 1866 |
| Colonel | Franz Adam Faust | June 9 to July 4, 1866 |
| Major general | Wilhelm von Schleich | August 18, 1866 to August 16, 1868 |
| Major general | Joseph of Ribaupierre | August 17, 1868 to January 31, 1870 |
| Major general | Heinrich von Thiereck | February 1 to October 3, 1870 |
| Major general | Börries from Wissell | October 4, 1870 to August 8, 1873 |
| Major general | Friedrich von Treuberg | August 9, 1873 to October 28, 1877 |
| Major general | Maximilian by Verri della Bosia | October 29, 1877 to July 24, 1883 |
| Major general | Theodor von Angstwurm | July 25, 1883 to March 5, 1887 |
| Major general | Wilhelm von Staudt | March 6, 1887 to May 11, 1888 |
| Major general | Heinrich Abel | May 12 to December 3, 1888 |
| Major general | Adolph von Asch | December 4, 1888 to May 6, 1893 |
| Major general | Adolf von Lossow | May 7, 1893 to November 6, 1896 |
| Major general | Karl von Waldenfels | November 7, 1896 to June 19, 1899 |
| Major general | Jakob Fortenbach | June 20, 1899 to October 9, 1900 |
| Major general | Rupprecht of Bavaria | October 10, 1900 to June 13, 1903 |
| Major general | Georg Keßler | June 14, 1903 to August 20, 1905 |
| Major general | Joseph Rittmann | August 21, 1905 to November 7, 1908 |
| Major general | Max von Montgelas | November 8, 1908 to March 25, 1910 |
| Major general | Alfred von Göringer | March 26, 1910 to March 26, 1913 |
| Major general | Emil Henigst | March 27, 1913 to December 13, 1916 |
| Major general | Ludwig Hierthes | December 14, 1916 to August 26, 1917 |
| Major general | Karl Reber | August 27, 1917 until the end of the war |
literature
- Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr.Belser AG, publishing house, Stuttgart 1930.
- Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1984.
- Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max-Joseph-Order. Self-published by the kb Militär-Max-Joseph-Order, Munich 1966.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , pp. 683f.
